Test 14. Name:                                                                          Date:                                Period:
KBAR Chart:___/20      Vocabulary h/w: ___/20     Vocabulary Practices: ___/13  ___/12  ___/12     
Other Extra Credit:

Mental Floss.


Vocabulary.  a) vivid  b) saw  c) aspire  d) pacify  e) daunting  f) diminutive  g) pragmatic  h) volatile  i) dilemma  j) iconic 
  1. You may _______ to someday be as cool as Mr. Coward. (Good luck with that.)
  2. Doing your homework every day before playing video games is a _______ strategy for success.
  3. It was hard to believe that such a huge voice emanated from such a _______ girl.
  4. Sixth Period tried to ____ Mr. Coward’s anger with cookies.
  5. inspiring : daunting :: stable : ______
  6. She faced a _____ about turning in her friend for cheating.
  7. The root of this word means “life.” _____
  8. skinflint : benevolent :: ______ : easy
  9. Reading Shakespeare for the first time can be rather ______.
  10. They tried to ______ the angry mob by telling them their concerns would be addressed.
  11. “Dig and be dug in return” is Langston Hughes’s version of the old ____ about treating others how you want to be treated.
    MoMS. Open book.

  12. (247) "It's a tree-lined, quiet residential American street..."  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  13. (p249) "I had the soup on the stove and the stove just stopped working."  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  14. (p253) "You're sick people--all of you. And you don't even know what you're starting..."  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  15. (p254) "Why, it's like going back to the dark ages or something."    a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  16. (p260) "Their world is full of Maple Streets. And we'll go from one to the other and let them destroy themselves."  a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  17. (p258) "Get Steve--Get Charlie--They're working together!!" a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  18. (p260) "There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices..." a) exposition  b) inciting incident  c) rising action  d) climax   e) falling action  f) resolution  g) theme  h) irony
  19. Who are the real "monsters"?   a) Figure One and Figure Two  b) The people of the Twilight Zone.  c) The people of Maple Street.  d) Whoever sent the ship.  e) NOTA.
  20. How can we connect the meanings of The Outsiders and MoMS?  a) They both show that we often judge people by insignificant things.  b) They both show that money doesn't equal good.  c) They both show death is bad.  d) They are both very pessimistic about people.  e) There's no connection at all.